New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Adaptation will be a central issue at the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Brazil's Belem, with parties expected to agree on adaptation indicators and work to close the adaptation finance gap, UN Climate Chief Simon Stiell said on Tuesday. "The road map to mobilise $1.3 trillion in climate finance will clearly be key at COP30. Let us be very clear: climate finance is not charity. It is vital for protecting every population and economy, and the global supply chains that every nation depends on for low-inflationary growth, and food and energy security," Stiell said as he released a progress report on the national adaptation plan (NAP). "On adaptation issues, but also more broadly, COP30 will be a key test of global solidarity," Stiell said. He added that it must show nations are fully on board for climate cooperation and spur faster and wider implementation, leaving no one behind, and connect climate action to real lives everywhere to spread the vast benefits. As of 30 September, 144 countries had initiated and launched the NAP process. As many as 67 developing countries, including 23 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and 14 Small Island Developing States (SIDS), had submitted their NAPs to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the report said. Since its inception, the NAP process has advanced, with countries laying the institutional, analytical, and informational foundations to strengthen resilience and integrate climate change adaptation into national and sectoral development planning. In preparing their NAPs, most countries have undertaken comprehensive vulnerability and risk assessments at the national and sectoral level. They have identified key hazards such as droughts, floods, sea level rise, and temperature extremes. The assessments are helping these countries identify priority sectors for adaptation and actions necessary for adapting to climate change, the report said. "Countries are embedding in NAPs the core principles of country ownership, inclusivity, gender responsiveness, and transparency, and are adopting whole-of-society approaches." The funding to implement these adaptation plans is a key concern. Under the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme, as of July 31, 2025, 144 proposals from 121 developing countries, including 38 LDCs, had been approved for funding to support the formulation of NAPs and other adaptation planning purposes. As of 30 September 2025, 58 of the 67 developing countries with submitted NAPs had 116 single- or multi-country adaptation and cross-cutting projects approved for implementation under the GCF, comprising $6.91 billion in financing. The report said countries are implementing the adaptation actions identified in their NAPs to address climate risks that align with the key thematic areas of the global goal on adaptation. Although these actions are largely fragmented, they are constrained by resources and capacity, and remain insufficient relative to escalating climate change....